Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 11 - Section 11.5 - Imaginary Numbers - Exercise - Page 378: 43

Answer

$1 + 1.16j, \ or, \ 1 - 1.16j .$

Work Step by Step

For the equation $3x^2 -6x+7= 0$, we use the quadratic formula as follows $$ x=\frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^{2}-4 a c}}{2 a}, \\ a=3, \quad b=-6, \quad c=7 .$$ That is, $$ x=\frac{6\pm \sqrt{36-84}}{2(3) }=1 + 1.16j, \ or, \ 1 - 1.16j .$$
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